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Museoception began as a space for critical reflection on museums and cultural policy in what is now known as Canada.

Robin Nelson (they/them) continues to create content on community museums, their development, and relationships with broader cultural policies. They reflect on visits to community museums, which often involve managing a toddler and sensory issues.

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PAMA and Local Government

Within this post, I am going to reflect on visits to one of my favourite community museums – the Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives (PAMA).  PAMA is interesting from a community museum policy perspective because they are relatively well resourced due to local support, demonstrating the significance of regional governments to heritage. The Museum…

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An Imperfect Visitor to Imperfect Places

I am an imperfect visitor. As much as I love museums, sometimes I struggle to engage with their content. Within this post, I am going to outline some of the places I would like to go back to and why. Usually, it’s a combination of being an imperfect visitor to imperfect places designed with an…

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@ingersollcheesemuseum opened in 1977, but was seasonal until 2012 when the municipal council approved a full time, year round curator (history on their website!). Since then, they've won many awards and added buildings with new exhibits. I do not love historic house museums because I find they get a little repetitive, focusing on landowners in a specific period of history. However, we've started to stop in to @tohistorymuseums whenever we are in the area. This summer, we've been to #colbornelodge #mackenziehouse and #montgomerysinn This interactive table in the @agakhanmuseum exhibit Game on! was an effective way of entertaining my little with chess pieces while I read the panels nearby. Simply putting the prices on the board was fun for them. Although tall for their age, my little is often too short for museum interactives. They are also fiercely independent and don't want my help. So, the ways and whether they can use interactives is often limited. Photo dump from Grand Falls. I've always thought of museum seating as necessary spaces to rest. I grew up going to museums. So, I always planned to take my kid with me and didn't anticipate any problems. Photo dump from my trip to @standrewsbytheseanb. We had so much fun and saw a lot of beautiful things. I enjoyed this interactive and originally planned the video without audio. Love to be quizzed.

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